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From: godzero
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 00:00

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Nobody at home dot com wrote:
> 
> What's wrong with that green stuff people use so they don't have to
> just trade things?  I believe it's called money.

It's only the USA that has this uniform, boring-looking "green stuff" -
everywhere else has different sized and colored banknotes. It's not like
we invented it or something - although many would have you believe the
USA did invent it - along with baseball and television!
  
> Wasn't it invented for the sole purpose of eliminating the hassles of "matching up" --
> finding two people who mutually want the other person's thing(s)?

True - but now money itself is a commodity so the whole system tends to
disappear up its own ass. Barter still has a place as people often get
better deals that way.
> 
> "D. Kroman" wrote:
> >
> > I decided to do some Spring cleaning; I have several items cheap.  I would
> > rather not sell the items, but perhaps trade for something I could use.
> >

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Date: 1999/06/09
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